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MIT 21F Spanish I - IV (OCW) 12 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

Could someone correct these sentences? a) is in spanish. b) is in english 1a) Por lo general, yo me levanto a las seis, perro a veces a las cinco y media. 1b) Usually, I wake up at six, but sometimes at five thirty. 2a) Le toca a Susan quita la mesa. 2b) It's Susan's turn to clear the table. 3a) Cuanto tiempo hace que tu coleccionar las estampillas? -Hace tres anos que coleccionar las estapillas. 3b) How long have you been collecting stamps? -Three years.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Dog!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol sorry. "Perro" means "dog." "Pero" means "but."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

In #2, we should say... "Le toca a Susan QUITAR la mesa." We need to use the infinitive, here.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why would you not conjugate it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because we're saying, "It's Susan's turn TO CLEAR the table." Quitar means "to clear," you see?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

On the other hand, "quita" would just mean "she clears."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay, I think I see; we already implied it was Susan doing the action, so we don't need to say she twice.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh and in the third sentence, we ought to say... Hace tres anos que yo COLECCIONO." We do need to conjugate "coleccionar" into the Yo form.

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